Rethink TV

Published 12th January 2018

UPC Romania

Liberty Global’s UPC Romania is the second largest cable operator in the country. Its TV Everywhere service Horizon Go has been available in Romania since November 2014. Operations and figures: UPC has 1.28 million video subscribers in Romania, with a net gain of 7,500 subs in Q3 2017, but just 663,400 of these are enhanced video users, while 355,000 are DTH and 263,000 basic. There are also 568,700 UPC internet subscribers in Romania. CEE revenue grew 5% in Q3 2017 to €1.96 billion, while operating income declined 3% to €144 million. Technology suppliers: Liberty Global uses Envivio encoders, and Horizon TV uses Cisco Snowflake UI and in-house designed middleware. thePlatform MPX system is used for content management and Metrological…